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image: a column of men and women in uniform of the various civil defence units marches past a group of senior figures and
notables, who stand under an awning outside the southern entrance of St Paul's Cathedral in London. A few barrage balloons are in the sky
above and there is evidence of bomb damage as a result of previous German bombing raids.

Over two million American servicemen passed through Britain during the Second World War. In 1944, at the height of activity, up to half a million were based there with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Their job was to man and maintain the vast fleets of aircraft needed to attack German cities and industry.